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Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient tablet with an early form of writing that preserves a furniture shopping list from around 3,500 years ago. The tablet was uncovered during excavations at the ...

The mystery of cuneiform, the world’s oldest writing system, remained unsolved for centuries. It wasn’t until the mid-19th century, driven by groundbreaking discoveries in Mesopotamia, that a ...

Cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to uncovering the location of Noah’s Ark. Cuneiform tablet, c. 2nd–1st century B.C.E., Mesopotamia, probably ...